# Censorship detected in RU

**Country:** 🇷🇺 Russia (RU)
**Date:** 2026-08-03
**Type:** Censorship
**Severity:** CRITICAL
**Status:** suspected

## Summary

None

## Metrics

- Confidence: 90%
- Measurements: 16
- Anomaly Rate: 98.9%

## Evidence

- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 566/657 measurements anomalous (86.1%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-03
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-08-03&until=2026-08-04&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 347/415 measurements anomalous (83.6%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-03
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-08-03&until=2026-08-04&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 344/392 measurements anomalous (87.8%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-03
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-08-03&until=2026-08-04&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 375/379 measurements anomalous (98.9%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-03
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-08-03&until=2026-08-04&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 598/709 measurements anomalous (84.3%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-03
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-08-03&until=2026-08-04&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 401/467 measurements anomalous (85.9%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-03
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-08-03&until=2026-08-04&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 398/439 measurements anomalous (90.7%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-03
  - Confidence: 86%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-08-03&until=2026-08-04&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 428/440 measurements anomalous (97.3%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-03
  - Confidence: 89%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-08-03&until=2026-08-04&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 539/644 measurements anomalous (83.7%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-03
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-08-03&until=2026-08-04&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 360/435 measurements anomalous (82.8%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-03
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-08-03&until=2026-08-04&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 352/407 measurements anomalous (86.5%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-03
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-08-03&until=2026-08-04&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 383/395 measurements anomalous (97.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-03
  - Confidence: 89%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-08-03&until=2026-08-04&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 417/491 measurements anomalous (84.9%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-03
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-08-03&until=2026-08-04&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 299/366 measurements anomalous (81.7%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-03
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-08-03&until=2026-08-04&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 289/348 measurements anomalous (83.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-03
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-08-03&until=2026-08-04&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 333/339 measurements anomalous (98.2%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-03
  - Confidence: 89%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-08-03&until=2026-08-04&only=anomalies)

## What we cannot say

- **Who caused it** — measurement data alone does not attribute the interference to any government, ISP, or other actor.
- **Intent** — anomalous or unreachable measurements indicate interference, not a stated motive or a deliberate-vs-incidental determination.
- **Which networks** — no specific ASN/ISP is identified for this incident.
- **The mechanism** — we cannot state whether this was DNS tampering, TLS/SNI reset, HTTP blockpage, throttling, or an infrastructure outage.
- **A confirmed duration** — we report the observation window, not a verified start/stop of any block.
- **Sub-national scope** — measurement is aggregated at the country level; we cannot localize to a province, city, or network segment.
- **Independent corroboration** — this rests on a single source; treat it as a single-source signal, not a multi-source confirmation.

## Data Sources

ooni

## Citation

Voidly Research. (2026). Censorship detected in RU [RU-2026-2995]. Retrieved from https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-2995

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*Report generated by Voidly Research on 2026-08-04*
*Data licensed under CC BY 4.0*
*Incident ID: RU-2026-2995*
*Permalink: https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-2995*